How to Install GMP in Ubuntu

Written by andrea helaine

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GNU Multiple Precision (GMP) is a library used by mathematical applications under Unix/Linux. A library is a set of functions doing a specific task that can be used by several programs to avoid having to write pieces of code that others already write. The GMP library is used specifically for arithmetic and is better off compiled on your computer to allow for the most optimised and therefore faster code to run on your computer. Compiling takes the raw code and transforms it into code that the machine can run.